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2011 MLB Season Thread.

TwinCities Dan said:
Congratulations Jim Thome! :cool:

The 8th player to hit 600 homers, 2nd fastest to Babe Ruth. :)
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einmusiker said:
brewers with a triple play tonight. looking really good 6 games up on st louis now. starting to pull away. very fun to watch
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Congrats to Jim Thome as well. He seems like a good guy and he was always fun to watch...when he wasn't playing the Yankees. :D

And who would have thunk at the beginning of the season that by mid-August the Brew Crew would have a 6 game lead?

And the Yanks win puts them back in a first place tie with the Sox. Amazing to think what the standings would be if they were able to eke out more than 2 wins against them.
 
BALTIMORE -- Former Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, the Maryland medical examiner ruled Thursday.

A police investigation revealed that the 59-year-old pitcher was upset about financial issues. He left no note.

Flanagan's body was found Wednesday afternoon about 250 feet behind his home. An investigation showed he was home alone when he took his life.

Flanagan won the Cy Young Award in 1979 and helped the Baltimore Orioles win the 1983 World Series. After his retirement, he worked for the Orioles as a coach and in the front office before settling into a job as color commentator on the team's broadcast network.

Flanagan was scheduled to work this weekend's series against the New York Yankees.

"He was looking forward to broadcasting the Yankees series coming up. He was doing something he loved," said Jim Duquette, who teamed with Flanagan from 2005-07 to attempt to rebuild the Orioles.

According to police, Alex Flanagan last spoke to her husband about 1 a.m. Wednesday. She told police he sounded upset, and he promised he would talk to her later.

When Alex Flanagan did not hear from her husband, she called a neighbor to check on him. The neighbor went to the home and called 911 after failing to find him.

Police discovered a body on the property but could not immediately determine the identity because the wounds were so severe.

There was a moment of silence at Yankee Stadium on Thursday before New York faced the Oakland Athletics. Flanagan's picture was posted on the video board.

Flanagan was a crafty left-hander who went 167-143 with a 3.90 ERA over 18 seasons with Baltimore and Toronto.

He was 141-116 with Baltimore and is a member of the team's Hall of Fame. Flanagan was also the final Oriole to pitch at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore's home from 1954-1991.

During that appearance out of the bullpen, Flanagan struck out Detroit's Dave Bergman and Travis Fryman, much to the delight of the 50,700 fans that filled the old ballpark one last time.

"He was a wonderful individual and a true Oriole who led by example, played the game with class and brought a lot of happiness to Orioles' fans over his career. He will be missed tremendously by so many people," said Mike Gibbons, executive director of Sports Legends Museum & the Babe Ruth Birthplace.

The Flanagan family issued this statement Thursday: "We thank you for your support and kind words at this difficult time. Thank you for respecting our privacy as we grieve. A private memorial will be held at a later date."
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6...flanagan-death-ruled-suicide-medical-examiner
 
The Yankees have become the first team in MLB history to hit 3 grand slams in one game.
 
einmusiker said:
not to take away from the tragedy of this, but does it seem a little fishy to anyone? The guy seemed to have a great life and if he was THAT mentally disturbed that financial issues would lead him this far over the edge wouldn't there be some kind of history of mental problems?
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Ken Singleton, who is a broadcaster with the Yankees, was a former teammate and a very good friend of his talked about this yesterday and today. He was pretty depressed about how he was treated by the Orioles, and just the state of the Orioles in general. He said he had been trying to contact Flanagan for a few weeks and he wasn't responding to anybody's messages.
 
Moyank24 said:
I don't. :D We were on our way to getting swept.
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Don't get me wrong, it was amazing that the Yankees hit three grand slams in a single game.

The A's had a performance that would probably win about 95%, if not more, of the time. Not only did they not win, but they got crushed. I just feel bad for them.
 
After a 4 hour rain delay and a game that didn't end until 2 am because MLB wanted the game played at all costs the Yankees finally beat the O's.
 
einmusiker said:
not to take away from the tragedy of this, but does it seem a little fishy to anyone? The guy seemed to have a great life and if he was THAT mentally disturbed that financial issues would lead him this far over the edge wouldn't there be some kind of history of mental problems?
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Wow, your Nyjer Morgan fellow is a classless thug. He needs to take some anger management classes or something. What a prick.
 
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